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I hope this strip inspires you to go and play with your pets today instead of, you know, vidya games. If you don’t have a pet, adopt one.

This is possibly the most depressing strip I’ve ever written (least funny is debatable) and I was really proud of it until Michael Bowman (of Raj and Boris) pointed out that it had some striking similarities to the old commercial for Hey You, Pikachu! As I have never seen the commercial, I can’t be sure just how similar it is. After much hesitation and deliberation, I decided to go ahead with it anyhow. Michael did offer some helpful tips to avoid any problems though. For example, He proposed that the first panel read “This new Phantom Hourglass game sure is the bomb!”, and then replace the text in the second bubble with “I think I’ll vote republican this year!” or something similar.

I may make this Sad Dog a recurring character. I’m not sure what exactly I’d do with him, but I’d like to draw him again.

I hope you like words, because this comic has what linguists and English majors alike refer to as “a shit ton.”

Actually Internet, this comic is sort of like a Director’s Cut. The newspaper version, for obvious reasons, has a significantly reduced dialogue. I figured I’d just post the original on the Demon though. It’s not a big change, but this one has a little more referential humor. Edgar (creator of John Thorn) was polite enough to let me mention his Weeaboo Girl character, and the possibly destroyed Smoothie Home is also present in the conversation. I thought I might as well find a way to touch on the utter lack of updates during Christmas Break. The characters up there can tell you all about their adventures. Turns out they may some of the greatest stories never told. =P

This is a true story, it just didn’t happen to me.

No, this was originally brought up by the admiral Dave Mauch, and if you don’t know who that is maybe you should meet him. I just wanted to address his initial experience, because really it’s a perfect strategy for ensaring the average college guy. By the way, you know her organization is scam because bears are not native to Africa, let alone those of the polar variety. Don’t be fooled!

Aaaaand we’re back for another semester! The Daily Texan is back in print, and so tWC returns with it! Assuming I get hired again this semester, and hopefully I will, the schedule will be more official in the next two weeks. I’ve got some comics done, but I don’t like to post before the Texan prints them so it will be a little sporadic until I know whether or not I’m hired and if so what the schedule will be.

So, the comic. Just a reminder to you other humans to be careful who you inadvertently (or intentionally) destroy through your actions today! We people are really good at that sort of thiing. =\  Today’s comic is  a little different! I almost went a whole comic without using my own characters! And I’ll probably do that more and more soon enough. I intend to make the Weirdest City live up to its name this semester, so expect a few more “What the fuck?” moments this time around.

It’s good to be back. =)

Well, there you have it. The complete final 8 part story of Smoothie Home. I broke my promise and was two weeks late, but there you have it. Apologies for my incompetence.

Considering our contract with the Daily Texan has yet to be renewed, as of now the continuation of our comic is in limbo. If it does continue you can expect to see a new strip on here in about a month’s time. For those of you who still visit every once in a while I thank you for your faithfulness.  Anyway, regardless of whether or not Smoothie Home continues, I wish all of you a happy holiday and the best of luck in the coming year >,O’
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